GlacAPIMulti-sensor analysis of glacier response to climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula

GLACAPI

The project on Multi-sensor Analysis of Glacier Response to Climate Change on the Antarctic PenInsula (GlacAPI) aims
at reducing the uncertainty of mass balance estimates of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers by exploiting archived and newly acquired multi-sensor remotely-sensed
data sets, complemented by in-situ field data and models. These datasets are used to acquire detailed flow velocity fields and surface elevation changes
and to investigate interannual and seasonal changes in ice export.

GlacAPI will allow for better estimates of the mass balance of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers
and their contributions to global sea-level rise and contribute to a better understanding of outlet glacier response
after ice shelf disintegration. Understanding these processes is a requisite for predicting the response of the large ice masses of West Antarctica, which
are butressed by ice shelves, to continued warming.